Wreath form



Patented @et ld, i924.,

GEORGE K. SMITH, OF CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR O'F `SNE-'1?BIRD TO HAROLD E. MOOR-ERF( .AND NETHIRD '.130 ALBERT E. BESSER, BOTH OF PHILADELPHIA, PENN- SYLVANIA.

WBEATI-I FORM.

Application led August 25, 1922. Serial No. 584,374.

17 'o f/,Z-Z whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, Gnonen K. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Camden, in the county of Camden and State of New Jersey, have invented cer tain new and useful Improvements in `Wreath Forms, of which the following is a speciication.

'.lhis invention rela-tes to wreath forms and more particularly to such a form intended for use by liorists and others and adapted to be covered with suitable decorative material.

Anv important object of the invention is to provide a device ofthe above mentioned character formed of a pair of sections adapted to be held in place by the material with which it is covered.

A further object of the invention is to provide such a form having means for securing the ends of the decorative material with which it is covered.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the course of the following description.

ln the drawings, I have shown one embodiment of the invention. In this showina few turns of the decorative material being shown applied thereto,

Figure 2 is a fragmentary detail perspective of a portion of the complementary members, and,

Figure 3 is a section taken on line 3-3 of Figure l.

In the drawings, the reference numeral 5 designates as a whole the wreath form comprising a pair of complementary members 6 and 7. The complementary members are substantially semi-circular in cross-section as clearly shown in Figures 2 and 3.

rlhe complementary members 6 and 7 are adapted to be placed edge to edge as shown in Figure 3, to form substantially a hollow shell. The edges of the complementary members are provided at spaced intervals with lips 8, the spaces between the lips being approximately equal to the lengths of the lips whereby the lips of one member are adapted to be received between the lips of the opposite member. As shown in Figure 3, each of the lips S is adapted to contact with the outer face of the opposite complementary member whereby lateral displace- Figure l is a face view of the device, a

ment of the complementary members is prevented.

Each of the complementary members is provided substantially centrally thereof with a continuous groove 9 extending around the ring for a purpose to be described. The members 6 and 7 are provided within the groove 9 with openings l0 stamped through the metal to provide inwardly extending points ll. Between the grooves 9 and the edges of the complementary members the metal is provided with a plurality of smaller openings 1 2, similar to the openings l0, the metalbeing stamped t0 provide gripping points 18 extending inwardly of the opening.

It will be seen that the complementary members G and 7 are identical so that in the manufacture of the device it is necessary to employ but a single set of die forms for the production of these members. The complementary members 6 and 7 are preferably formed of sheet metal and are stamped in the shape shown in Figure 2, the die operation providing the lips 8 and grooves 9, the body portion of the members being stamped into semi-cylindrical shape as shown. After the members have been completed to the stage shown in Figure 2 they are again subjected to a stamping operation whereby the openings 10 and 12 are formed.

The operation of the device is as follows:

The complementary members (S and 7 are placed in edge to edge relation with the lips of each member registering with the spaces between the lips of the other member, and the two members pressed together whereby the lips S of each member will frictionally engage the outer face of the other member. Suitable decorative material, preferably in string form as shown at 14, is then wrapped about the form. rlhe free end of the material is preferably laid a short dist-ance along and within one of the grooves 9 and the material then wrapped about the form, successive turns being adapted to hold the end of the material in place to prevent it from becoming loose. The material is wrapped completely about the ring and the end of the material inf serted within the groove 9 beneath the last turns of the material about the form. Thus it will be seen that the free ends of the decorative material employed are firmly held imposition about thetorm. Whe-rea single ,strand of the'decorative material is not suflicient to `cover the entire form, the free end-of. one strandmay be joined with they beginning of a succeeding strand and the ends inserted within one of the openings 10, the points 1l engaging the material to hold it firmly in place.VY It is often desired to cover a wreath withV artificial `iiowers. In the Vpresent invention such V'flowers may' be applied to the device 'by inserting vthe stems Ybetween the turnsot the decorative' Ymaterial and Vforcing them through the openings l2, the iower-s being securely held in position bythe gripping Yaction of thepoints 13. It will be obvious that when is desired to employ natural flowers or leaves upon the wreath, the form l may be Vfilled with moist moss before assembling and when the leaves or lo'wersare applied, their stems will be embeddedlwithin: the moss to` absorbI moistu'retherefrom. a It is the present practice to provideforms Vof papier mch or the like, -covered with Vartiii'c'ial decorative material, `V`While theY decorative material may be kept ,indefinite-V ly,as rom'one' selling season to-V another, and

reshened by isteaming, -the papier mch forms Vupon which the material is .wound will not` withstand'thev steaming process but will soften and collapse. lhen the' present wreath form is employed, however, the iinished wreaths maybe stored between selling i seasonsV and then easily freshened by steam- "ing, the steaming operation having no de- -structive e'ect upon the sheet 'metal of which the :form is made.

'It is to be understood that the form of my inventionv herewith shown and described is to lbe. taken'asa preferred example of the same and that various changes in the shape, size, and arrangement of parts may be re- Y so'rtedto' without departing from the spirit of the invention joined claims.

`Having described my invention, -I claim: l. A wreath form comprising a substantiallyring shaped shell provided in one face or the scope of the subwith a continuous groove,- said shell being furtherV provided with `an opening formed at the bottom of said groove by stamping the comprising a pair of complementary-sheet metal members, the contiguous edges of said members being provided with spaced lips the lips of each member being receivedy between the lips of the other member to prevent lateral displacement of said members, said members being adapted to be held together by the decorative material with which they are wrapped, each of said members be ing provided with a continuous groove.

4. A substantially ring shaped wreath form comprising a pair ofcomplementary members, the contiguous Yedges ofI said members Vbeingprovided with spaced lips, the lips of -eaelr member being received between the lips Aof the other member to prevent lateral displacement o'f said` members, said members being formed of sheet material whereby to form an internal space when assembled, and being adapted to be held together by the material with which they are wrapped, each of said members being provided with a circular groove having an inwardly stamped opening therein,-the outer portions of said members being provided with a plurality of relatively small inwardly stamped openings;

5. A device of the character described comprising a body adapted to be covered withrope like decorative material, said body' being provided with a groove substantially y equal in depth tothe thickness of the decorative material and adapted to receive the ends thereof wherebythey may be frictionally held in place by the material arranged across said groove.

n In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

GEORGE K. sMiTH. 

